Hame-fastener



(No Model.)

A. J. SONNER. HAMB FASTENER.

No. 463,080. Patented Nov. 10,1891.

cAncircwclfionnwt UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREIV J. SONNER, OF MILLTOIVN, INDIANA.

HAM E-FASTEN EUR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 63,080, dated November10, 1891. Application filed May 15, 1891. Serial No. 392,842. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ANDREW J. SONNER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Milltown, in the county of Crawford and State of Indiana,have invented a new and useful flame-Fastener, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to an improvement on a hame coupling orfastening, forming the subject-matter of Patent No. 369,618, granted meSeptember 6, 1887.

The object of the present invention is to simplify and improve theconstruction of the hame coupling or fastener which forms thesubject-matter of the above-mentioned patent, and to increase thedurability and to lessen the cost of the same.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a pair of hamesprovided with a coupling or fastener constructed in accordance with thisinvention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of one of the hames.Fig. 3 is an elevation of the same. Fig.4 is a transverse sectionalview.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 and 2 designate a pair ofhames provided at their lower ends with the usual back irons and 4 andhaving theirlower ends connected by a chain 5, which has one end securedto a hook 6 of the hame 1 and which is adapted to have its links engagedby a swinging'lever 7 of the hame 2. The spring'lever has its lower endfulcrumed on the lower end of the hame 2 and provided with a bend toreceive a link and confine the same when the hames are fastened to acollar, and which is adapted to be received in a groove 8 of the hame 2and the longitudinal slot 9 of the back iron 4. The swinging lever islocked in the hame and the back iron.

of the latch-plate 10 is pivoted to the hame, and the latch-plate isadapted to be turned on its pivot to engage the lever, in which positionit is arranged longitudinally of the hame and is concealed beneath theback iron and to be turned to release the lever, when it will be at anangle to the hame, as illustrated in Fig. 3 of the accompanyingdrawings. The latch-plate is provided at one side with a lip 12, whichis arranged intermediate the ends of the plate and is adapted to engagethe hinge to prevent the plate swinging through the opening'between thehame and the back iron. The edge of the back iron opposite the lip isprovided with a notch 13 to enable the finger to push the plate andcarry the lip away from the hame, so that it can be readily grasped toopen the latch-plate.

It will be seen that the hame coupling or fastener is simple andinexpensive in construction and is not liable to become broken.

Vhat I claim is The combination of the hanie 1, the back iron 3,securedthereto, the hame 2, provided in its outer face with a longitudinalgroove 8 and a recess 1 1, the back iron 4, secured to the hame 2 andextended over the recess 11 and provided with a longitudinal slotarranged over the groove 8 and having at one side a notch 13, a chainsecured to the hame, a swinginglever fulcrumed on the hame 2 and adaptedto engage the links of the chainand to have its free end arranged in thegroove of the hame 2, and the latch-plate pivoted to the hame 2 andarranged in the recess thereof and adapted to engage the swinging leverand being concealed under the back iron when locked and provided with alip arranged to engage the hame to limit the movement of thelatch-plate, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANDREW J. SONNER. Vitnesses:

Soorr M. WAL'rs, WILLIAM L. SoHwANTz.

